Customizing dashboards

You can view any of the dashboards configured on your appliance by clicking the Available Dashboards icon from the dynamic toolbox on the Home page and choosing a dashboard from the menu.

Channels

The content in the individual sections shown on the Home page is referred to as a channel. A variety of content types is available for use in channels. For example, in addition to standard BMC Discovery reports, you can also configure a summary channel and a video channel, as shown in the following illustrations:

Summary channel

Video channel

Important
The video channel supports only HTTPS links to videos.

Creating channels

Channels are created using Administration > Channels.

To create a dashboard

Select the Copy current Dashboard link from the Dashboard list.

A copy of the dashboard is saved. The new dashboard contains an Edit link that enables you to add or remove sections and rename the dashboard, if needed.

Note

You can include any of the other channels on the report page in a dashboard; for example, you can add a few favorite reports to your dashboard. For a list of reports that you can add, see Reporting-basics.

To edit a dashboard

Select the Copy current Dashboard link from the Dashboard drop-down panel, or select an existing copy of the dashboard from the Dashboard list.

The copy of the dashboard displays an Edit link that enables you to add or remove sections and rename the dashboard, if needed.

Changes you make to the layout or content of a dashboard are immediately available to all users. The dashboard that you are viewing is saved in your session and is displayed the next time you log on.

To add, rename, or remove a channel to an editable dashboard

Click the Edit link in the main page title.
On the channels selector panel, rename the dashboard by using the Dashboard Title field.
The existing dashboard is renamed rather than being saved as a copy under a new name.
Click Commit to change the name.
Select or deselect a channel to add it to (or remove it from) the dashboard.

Changes that you make are immediate and are available to all other users.

To move a channel

You can move a channel in the default view of an editable dashboard by dragging it to the new location.

Move the cursor over the header of the channel.
The cursor changes to a four-pointed selector.
Drag the channel to a new location and drop it in the correct place.

The changes that you make are immediate and are available to all other users.